Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
“Worse Than Big Tobacco”: How Big Pharma Fuels the Opioid Epidemic
Once again, an out-of-control industry is threatening public health on a mammoth scale
Why Tax Cuts for the Rich Solve Nothing
Back-room deals on corporate tax reform won’t increase growth
How “Shareholder Value” is Killing Innovation
The prevailing stock market ideology enriches value extractors, not value creators
We’ll Always Need Paris
Trump-Style Policies Will Deepen the “American Carnage”
Current proposals will worsen inequality and harm those Trump promised to protect—while further enriching the top 1%
e-Book Launch: Can Dependency Theory Explain Our World Today?
Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) has released a new e-book, “Conversations on Dependency Theory”
The New Normal
Pathways & Obstacles to a Low-carbon Economy
The energy transition is happening. But the pace of change depends on a range of technical, business, and societal factors.
America is Regressing into a Developing Nation for Most People
A new book by economist Peter Temin finds that the U.S. is no longer one country, but dividing into two separate economic and political worlds
Which Productivity Puzzle?
The Debate Over Taxing Robots in Context
Taxing the use of robotics may or may not be the answer, but the question remains how to compensate for the growing inequality created by our changing economies
The Mechanical Turn in Economics and Its Consequences
In the age of Adam Smith, an economics that masqueraded as natural science and excluded the human condition actually suited the interests of the landed and the wealthy
China’s Weapons of Trade War
China’s Economic Challenges May Soon Include Inequality
Research by Thomas Piketty, partly funded by the Institute, shows that wealth and income gaps in China are now larger than Europe’s, and approaching those of the US